To be clear about chronology of shutdown that is now straining Nat Parks, IRS, TSA, FAA, SEC, Justice, etc:-Dec 20, Senate *unanimously* passes CR to keep gov open-WH said it would sign this “clean resolution” https://t.co/JK0WTNw6y8-Trump mocked by Coulter/Limbaugh-Shutdown https://t.co/4kbiNFHJrK

Trump, speaking to reporters about the shutdown, says the federal workers who are on track to miss a paycheck “will adjust.” Context: The head of the largest federal workers union says its members live paycheck to paycheck and take home an average of $500 a week.

Pelosi: "The impression you get from the president [is] that he would like to not only close government, build a wall, but also abolish Congress so the only voice that mattered was his own." https://t.co/Ye4wucfV2h

To us, Satan is a symbol of pride, liberty and individualism, and it serves as an external metaphorical projection of our highest personal potential. As Mr. Bale's own talent and skill won him the award, this is fitting. Hail Christian! Hail Satan! https://t.co/ILuK8TFZXi

"Women are feeling enabled to speak out now. I do think men will always be uncomfortable with powerful women, though. It's hard for them to deal with it. There will be a backlash—but I'd like to think we will not go back." –#GoldenGlobes winner Glenn Close https://t.co/hYCtkSaDy6

Glenn Close: "Women. We're nurturers … But we have to find personal fulfillment. We have to follow our dreams. We have to say: I can do that. And I should be allowed to do that." pic.twitter.com/BfLoQqsKgy

Hillary Clinton, speaking on women's rights: "There's been a lot of talk recently about whether our country is ready for women leaders. Now that really takes me back … I know many of you and can attest as to how smart, determined … and, dare I say, likable you all are." pic.twitter.com/NG1wJGVh6j

Louis CK is a good reminder that when people with power ask for respect it’s called “civility” and is sacred, but when people without power ask for respect it’s called “political correctness” and is the butt of jokes.

I'll end my year on Twitter with the Resistance anthem I wrote as a finale to my recent revue of Trump-themed parodies. The melody is Sondheim's, but the words could be direct quotes from any number of new friends I've met here this last harrowing yet often congenial year.😘❤️🎶 pic.twitter.com/ZkmwCvwpBU

New Jersey prosecutors have evidence that supervisors at Trump’s New Jersey golf club may have provided fraudulent green cards and Social Security numbers to undocumented immigrant workers. https://t.co/v8XySG4bxP

"He's trapped," Republican strategist Mike Murphy said of Trump. "He's playing poker holding two threes and suddenly putting all of his chips in. It's pure emotion, the mark of a panicking amateur." https://t.co/n4wiH07FsQ

JUST IN: A suspected malware computer virus from outside the United States prevented the Los Angeles Times from publishing many of its Saturday print editions, in an attack that similarly crippled other newspapers across the country, the Times said. https://t.co/mwYBtQUWse

“To be honest, it’s not a wall,” John Kelly told the LA Times in an interview. The last time Kelly went on Fox and said the president was “uninformed” on the wall during the campaign, Trump shouted at him so loudly it could be heard outside Oval. This time, Kelly is out.

Tucker Carlson's Fox News show has reportedly been hemorrhaging advertisers since he said that immigration makes the U.S. "poorer and dirtier and more divided," The Daily Beast reports. https://t.co/cURgX6j3EG

What's clear as day is this: if Sanders runs, it will poison the whole process. And if not, we'll have an interesting and generally positive primary. No avoiding this – it's like a light switch without a dimmer. https://t.co/Uu4YlqvFnU

"They have solid documentary evidence, perhaps even direct recordings of the conversation that made clear that Donald Trump participated in this criminal conspiracy." Garrett Graff on Mueller's investigators. https://t.co/U1aAJsAZF4

The No. 2 executive at the Russian firm that now claims to own Le Pen's loan? A former Soviet military spy expelled from the U.S. in 1983 after federal agents caught him retrieving what he thought were secret documents from the base of a tree in Maryland. https://t.co/qmSCoHw6O9

But Donny… for months, you've been claiming you replaced NAFTA with the USMCA, a better-than-NAFTA version of NAFTA. Therefore, according to YOU, we can't be losing money on trade with Mexico. BTW, trade deficits are not losses, you ignoramus. https://t.co/krsK5aKVZX

The “source close to the WH” must be male. Most women are great at multitasking – we have to be. A woman like Nancy will have no trouble working to end the shutdown AND investigate Trump. Dealing with the checkbook and a toddler is all in a day’s work.

Trump Administration tweets out advice to furloughed federal workers who can’t afford to pay their bills. Among the tips: Offer to do painting or carpentry for your landlord in lieu of rent. https://t.co/xAJTI0Nea4

Feds who signed up to serve their country deserve better than this. They just want to do their damn jobs and maybe get paid for Christmas. Instead, this is what they get during the Trump shutdown, as Jared and Ivanka frolic in Florida and Trump spends tax money on party tents. pic.twitter.com/yY2GRk04Gv

I wrote a piece about the "Apprentice" producer Mark Burnett & Donald Trump. It's about how Trump would not be president without the show, and how the show itself was a huge con – and what happens when politics becomes just another form of entertainment https://t.co/fNpDZRQKC2

Among Trump allies and inside the WH there is a growing appetite to keep the shutdown going, in part because they feel it messes up Pelosi’s return to the speakership and overshadows her agenda https://t.co/VYCTwS7CgK

nothing to see here, just Jordan Peterson going on another unhinged rant about how the birth control pill destroyed Western Civilization while talking to Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. pic.twitter.com/RRSSArYxLr

In Bernie Sanders latest unhinged email he brags about making Democrats “pay a price” for their attacks last election, blames them & their policies for Trump & threatens to make them pay once again for opposing him

Jill Stein conned people's votes and helped make Trump president, then grifted money from people shocked that Trump had been elected president for a fake recount, and is now using that cash for her personal purposes. And she told us *Hillary* was the same as Trump. https://t.co/Ah0fw4XYwQ

He was so upset by accusations of anti-Semitism he turned down an invitation to come to Israel and see Yad Vashem and attended an anti-Jewish annual parody party. Given those actions this story claim of paralyzed by being upset is a valiant attempt at positive spin https://t.co/TgLUBt6GM1

Interestingly, Nina Turner had no problem accusing Hillary Clinton of all kinds of fake scandal in 2016, but when it comes to Trump, suddenly she wants to let him off the hook for all his crimes and graft. Cui bono, Nina? https://t.co/HCNnbpy0Ls

The new DNC rules state that anyone running for the party's nomination must "affirm, in writing,…that they: A. are a member of the Democratic Party; B. will accept the Democratic nomination; and C. will run and serve as a member of the Democratic Party.” https://t.co/02K9DPPgtQ

Steele dossier on Cohen and Prague: “The agenda comprised questions on how deniable cash payments were to be made to hackers who had worked in Europe under Kremlin direction against the CLINTON campaign and various contingencies for covering up these operations.” https://t.co/1xV5lmQ3wi

-McClatchy, citing 4 sources, says Cohen was in Prague-area in Summer 2016-2 sources tell me that another major news org has confirmation.-Cohen tweets he has never been to Prague-WSJ says Cohen told them he went to Prague in 2001.

Glad to see that President Trump is finally referring to the defeat of the “territorial caliphate,” rather than the defeat of ISIS. Yes the territorial caliphate in Iraq & Syria is 99% gone. No, that doesn’t mean ISIS, the terror group with members from 100 countries, is defeated https://t.co/DQEV7dvtgb

Surprise, "our man in Riyadh" turns out to have been Putin's man in Riyadh all along https://t.co/eKtLWv04AW "President Vladimir Putin’s envoy to the Middle East said Prince Mohammed has every right to inherit the throne when the ailing 82-year-old King Salman dies." pic.twitter.com/g4vOVse9fr

Pres Trump spent 3 hours in Iraq:1) lied about 10% pay increase to troops2) revealed classified identity of Navy SEALs3) possibly violated rules against political activity on a military base4) broke protocol by a visiting head of state by not going to meet Iraqi PM

Trump is entirely unable to avoid showing his cards at every turn. “We were definitely not scared. In fact we felt unscared, at some points forgetting what it means to be scared or having ‘scared’ be the single word in the English language we would not know the meaning of.” https://t.co/VBGhDkHziS

For all those who want to debate how there’s nothing wrong with the political hats, posters, and comments, here’s some light reading as to “what right looks like” and was is required by DoD regulations: https://t.co/l8srvRenGBhttps://t.co/96xx9QKAnI

This is outrageous. Federal employees don’t go to work wearing red or blue jerseys. They’re public servants. And the President is treating them like poker chips at one of his failed casinos. https://t.co/bxkt67E9Bq

Trump praises soon to be Acting Sec Def Shanahan, per pooler @ByBrianBennett: “He’s a good buyer. I wanted somebody that could buy. Because I’m giving them a lot of money and I don’t want it to be wasted.”

Michael Williams, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia who campaigned in a "deportation bus," has turned himself in to county jail after being indicted on charges including insurance fraud. https://t.co/hAWQtwSEtT

Just pubbed, the most comprehensive review of lockdowns ever done: More than 4.1 million students endured one last school year, and the effects were often devastating — kids wept and soiled themselves, wrote wills and texted parents goodbye. w/ @dataeditorhttps://t.co/gAA2HCCm3C

"two equally flawed candidates" … "but her emails." great that @nytimes is chronicling environmental damage being done by <checks notes> our own EPA, would have been even better if their pre-election 2016 coverage wasn't so shitty which would have obviated stories like this https://t.co/mhxOEO0OE9

I’m going to offer Bernie Sanders some sincere advice- he should ask his supporters/sympathetic journos to knock it off – at least for a while. At the very least, it certainly going to make many tired of the entire Sanders candidacy before it’s even launched officially.

Whether Hillary Clinto run in 2020 is not the problem. The problem are people saying a woman who warned us about everything, right about everything, earned 66M votes, 3M more than her opponent, had her election stolen shouldn't be able to run again. Thats sexism and mgyonism.